Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běliti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *bělъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*běliti

to whiten

Conjugation

Conjugation of *běliti, *běli, *bělitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*běľenьje	*běliti	*bělitъ	*bělilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*běľenъ	*bělimъ
Active	*běľь	*bělę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bělixъ	*běli	*běli	*běľǫ	*běliši	*bělitь
Dual	*bělixově	*bělista	*běliste	*bělivě	*bělita	*bělite
Plural	*bělixomъ	*běliste	*bělišę	*bělimъ	*bělite	*bělętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běľaaxъ	*běľaaše	*běľaaše	—	*běli	*běli
Dual	*běľaaxově	*běľaašeta	*běľaašete	*bělivě	*bělita	—
Plural	*běľaaxomъ	*běľaašete	*běľaaxǫ	*bělimъ	*bělite	—

(*)*bělivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бѣлити (běliti)
  - Belarusian: бялі́ць (bjalícʹ)
  - Russian: бели́ть (belítʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: билїц (byljic)
  - Old Ukrainian: бѣлити (biliti)
    - Ukrainian: біли́ти (bilýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бѣлити (běliti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱑⰾⰹⱅⰹ (běliti)
  - Church Slavonic (Russian recension): бѣлити (běliti)
- Bulgarian: бе́ля (bélja)
- Macedonian: бели (beli)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бе́лити
  
  Latin script: béliti
- Slovene: béliti
West Slavic:
- Czech: bělit
- Polabian: belĕt
- Polish: bielić
- Slovak: bieliť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: běliś
  - Upper Sorbian: bělić